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IWMF - International Women's Media
Foundation
Alana Barton - IWMF - abarton@iwmf.org
The International Women's Media
Foundation Seeks Nominations for
2012 Courage
in Journalism Awards and Lifetime
Achievement Award
January 17, 2012 - The International Women’s Media Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2012 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. Each year, the Courage in Journalism Awards honor three women journalists who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances, such as government oppression, threats to personal safety and other intimidating obstacles.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a woman journalist who has a
pioneering spirit and whose determination has paved the way for future
generations of women in the media.
Previous Courage in Journalism Award winners include Adela Navarro Bello, Zeta, Mexico; Tsering Woeser, blogger
and writer, Tibet; Jill Carroll, The
Christian Science Monitor, United States; May Chidiac, Lebanese
Broadcasting Corporation, Lebanon; Anna Politkovskaya, Novaya Gazeta, Russia (d. 2006); Anja Niedringhaus, Associated
Press, Germany and Shahla Sherkat, Zanan,
Iran.
Previous Lifetime Achievement Award winners include Kate Adie, BBC News,
Untied Kingdom; Molly Ivins, syndicated columnist, United States; Barbara
Walters, ABC News, United States and Magdalena Ruiz, Radio Mitre, Argentina.
Nominations for the 2012 awards will be
accepted by the IWMF until March 2, 2012.
Candidates for the Courage in Journalism Awards can be
full-time, part-time or freelance women reporters, writers, editors,
photographers or producers working in any country. Digital news media
candidates are accepted. Lifetime
Achievement Award candidates can be either working or retired journalists.
All nominations must be in English, and all nomination forms for both the Courage in Journalism Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award must be
completed by an associate of the nominee. Self-nominations are not accepted.
For further information about the
awards and to learn how to nominate a journalist, visit the IWMF website at http://iwmf.org/honoring-courage.aspx.
Founded in 1990, the mission of the
International Women’s Media Foundation is to strengthen the role of women in
the news media worldwide. The IWMF network includes women and men in the media
in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.iwmf.org.
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